Ah, hugging Trent today rocked..

I went with my concert buddy Usman and my once thought "trip from hell" turned into a hell of a lot of fun. Plus, we got to drink lots of TGIF Mudslides. Mmm... (Hey, we're Canadian, we can't get those often)
Yeah, the setlist wasn't over the top but it was Fragile heavy and that made me happy. I watched one song from backstage but figured it would be WAY better to run out front to see it from my 6th row seat. I am so glad I did although my god, it took me almost 2 songs to get there!
I love the venue but wow, you don't get far too fast.. Talk about serious congestion.
Now with the meet and greets - of course meeting the band is awesome and it is truly admirable that they do all of this but GOD DAMN was the food good. I picked up fish by accident and thought "oh man, I'll have to throw this out." Then I tasted it and my god, I ate it all. Yes, I ate fish that was not sushi. It's funny, everyone was talking about how good the food was. There wasn't anything we tried that was bad.
The soundcheck was super awesome and low key. It was a bit more intimate than the soundcheck I saw in 2005 at the Air Canada Centre.
I'll have pics tomorrow once I get home to Toronto. Can't wait to share! I got a new camera so hopefully I'll get some great ones.
Also, a shout out to Julie (Mmm..cupcakes) and Alexa, Dave and his girlfriend, Frederik and David and all the others we hung out with whose name I may have forgotten at 2am! It was great to hang out. That's half the fun, seeing people at shows multiple times and hanging out as if we've known each other a long time.
But most of all, thanks to the guys for taking the time to meet with us, help save Eric's life and putting on a great show. The energy was great and the 5 hour drive was worth it.